Convertable mowers?

Anyone ever seen the convertable mower made by Rich Manufacturing? The zero turn that can convert into a walkbehind by moving the control arm. I have a dealer close by and may go check it out, seems like the best of both worlds to me.

Originally posted by merlin Anyone ever seen the convertable mower made by Rich Manufacturing? The zero turn that can convert into a walkbehind by moving the control arm. I have a dealer close by and may go check it out, seems like the best of both worlds to me.

There were a couple of conversations about the Rich Convertable here at Lawnsite a long time ago. It's probably been at least 5 years since it's been mentioned. As I remember there was no one that was real excited about them but one guy had one and liked it.

Thanks I found that out for sure... Not many did like them at all as far as what I read....
They do really look excellent to have if you can cut lawns commercially with one mower... I do like the idea of one mowerbut if it does break both are down... but most companies already have a backup plan of some sort... Thanks

I don't think it would be as sturdy as a standard ZTR or W/B. Why would you want to use it as w/b. The ONLY reasons I use my w/b is if the gate is too small or if my helper is finished everything and we are on a big property.